A Future Perspective
By the plans of the various airlines, the capital in the near future could also become the intercontinental hub in the aviation industry. As the construction of the künftigen capital - airport BER in the final round. Until this airport will be opened on the 3rd June 2012, Air
Berlin the week several hundred departures at the airport must relocate Tegel, with their turn 9000 possible connecting flights, period of 10 months on the airport. The airport Tegel currently serves the Aviation of the Air
Berlin as "Test box" their new hub concept for aviation. This works also already quite beautifully, but still continue to be expanded with airport BER. Should the plans is still as good work, increasing air transport could have significant benefits for the land. Because want to join Air
Berlin of the Association Oneworld in April 2012 and could bring further partner airlines in the capital. So far it is
has codeshare agreements with American Airlines, Royal Jordanian, British Airways, the Russian S7 as well as Iberia and Finnair. After accession, there are legitimate hopes, the airlines operating currently still on Frankfurt Qantas Airways (Australia) and Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong) to get to
Berlin.
The Capital Region
The Federal State of
Berlin is completely surrounded by the German State of Brandenburg. In addition, the city of
Berlin is the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany. Tourism for our capital has a major economic stake, because it is national as internationally one of the most visited centres, which could be due not least to the excellently-built air transport and the high number of beds of the many hotels. The main attraction are the many museums, architecture, the historic sites but also the numerous festivals, major events, shopping facilities and varied nightlife of the capital.